Chapter 147: Victory

A lot can be done in 24 hours, such as putting troops on high alert near the Soviet border. "5.com" Don't look at Stalin's intimidation of someone seriously, in fact, he still cares a lot. Comrade commissioner of the Siberian campaign of those years remembers many things vividly. What kind of opponent this is, Stalin knew in his heart. The opponent's army and training were not blocked by Blyukhel when they retreated, and the Soviets would have suffered even greater losses.

Judging from a certain point of view, Stalin was forced to choose the direction of the country's industry. The sinister external environment of the Soviet Union, combined with Stalin's suspicious character, contributed to the industrial orientation of the Soviet Union.

To get back to the point, the four fighter groups were discovered by the Soviets when they crossed the border, and of course the Soviets found two Eagle and three groups at medium and low altitudes. The Fourth Army, which was supposed to be deployed in Belarus in parallel history, was placed in Central Asia by Stalin, and in Stalin's view, the danger of the Chinese was not under Germany.

The commander of the Fourth Army, Chuikov, learned the news five minutes after discovering the enemy planes in front and immediately ordered 40 I-15 fighters from the two airfields around Tashkent to take off and meet the invading enemy planes. Because there are only forty enemy planes, Chuikov breathed a sigh of relief, only such a few planes, it can be judged that the Chinese are just pretending, will not come to the real thing, just expel away. Chuikov even smiled proudly, but after half an hour, Chuikov couldn't laugh anymore.

"Report 1010, send enemy planes. About forty, right in front of us. The Eagle 3rd Formation first spotted the oncoming Soviet fighters and immediately reported Gao Zhihang at high altitude by radio.

"1010 received. The target has been discovered. After answering, Gao Zhihang said: "Pay attention to all units, two planes in a group, follow me to dive, and the action must be fast and ......." ”

When 20 Mustang rushed down from an altitude of about 10,000 meters, the Soviet fighters found that it was too late, and they couldn't run away if they wanted to. If you want to get rid of it with technical moves, it is even more of a dream, the performance of the Mustang fighter exceeds that of the I-15 by hundreds of streets, and there are twenty Eagle three in the front whose performance is not inferior to that of the I-15.

Gao Zhihang, the first actual battle. It's like beating chicken blood, biting an enemy plane and pressing the machine gun button. From the discovery of the enemy aircraft to the start of the fight, it took less than two minutes. Gao Zhihang beat an enemy plane into a turkey. Soviet planes were scattered. One by one, the Mustang chased closely, the machine guns of the Tata Tower resounded in the sky, and the Eagle Three, who arrived later, also quickly joined the battle group, the Soviet army was caught off guard, the Mustang fighter group was just a dive, and fifteen Yi 15 were shot down. The next battle was even more suspenseful, the sky was full of Chinese fighters chasing and killing, and one after another Soviet fighters fled in all directions. Still can't escape the fate of being shot down.

"Eagle, Eagle, you go to the airport. Leave it to us here. Seeing that there were not many enemy planes left, Gao Zhihang ordered the Eagle 3 group to knock out the Soviet airfield, the Mustang group stayed, a group continued to chase and kill, and a group climbed high to escort the bombers. The buzzing group of bombers lagged slightly behind, waiting for the notice from the front.

When the Soviet fighters could no longer be seen in the sky, the Eagle 3 fighters had already flown over the Soviet airfield, and the poorly prepared anti-aircraft gun jackets at the airfield had not been fully opened, and the Eagle 3 had already begun to dive, each plane first dropped a 200-kilogram bomb, and then began to dive and strafe. On the ground, the first to suffer were the anti-aircraft gun positions, then the planes on the airfield, and finally the moving targets that could be seen. Eagle Three was still raging, and the wild horses also arrived, and it was another swoop.

When Eagle III began to attack the airfield, a formation of bombers flew over the Tashkent fortress, where the Soviets stationed two divisions of troops and formed a fortress group that stretched for nearly five kilometers. The ones who got off the bombers were not small guys, all of them were big guys of 500 kilograms. Eight B17s, laying bombs like eggs, let out a sharp whistling sound.

The earth shook and the flames flared! The hideous appearance of strategic bombers caused the Soviet army to suffer a big loss.

Chuikov was directly stunned when he received the battle report, forty fighters went into battle, only three escaped in the end, and the rest were all shot down, the enemy hid a new type of fighter at high altitude, 12, 7 mm machine guns can easily tear apart the wooden shelves of the I-15, this is not an air battle at all levels, our fighters are completely backward.

Two airfields were bombed, 20 bombers and more than 40 antiaircraft guns were lost, and the two airfields were basically destroyed. The losses on the part of the fortress have not yet been counted, and the current casualties are no less than a hundred.

"How dare the Chinese?" Stalin was also dumbfounded when he heard the news, the pipe in his angry bearded hand trembled slightly, and his facial expression was extremely calm and asked: "What about the ground forces?" ”

"Without ground forces, the scale of the bombing is not very large, and according to intelligence reality, the Chinese have at least ten fighter wings and five bomber wings in the Northwest Military District. The scale of this bombing, all added up to less than a wing, I think this is a warning from the Chinese! Khrushchev, who was reporting, trembled, lowered his head and spoke, and the handkerchief in his hand kept wiping sweat.

"What happens if we fight back?" Stalin asked rhetorically, but he asked Zhukov.

"It is better not to fight back, because a counterattack could trigger a full-scale war between China and the Soviet Union, and from a military point of view, the danger from Germany in the first place has not been lifted, and once it is caught between China and Germany, the consequences are worrying. Secondly, to fight back against China by the same means, I think it is difficult to pose much of a threat to the forward airfields of the Chinese garrison with the current fighter performance, after all, they are attacking military targets. Finally, the first question is that whatever we do now, we must take into account the consequences of an all-out war with China. According to intelligence, they deployed eight mechanized corps and forty infantry divisions in the Far East and Central Asia, and in the northeast of China, three mechanized corps and twenty infantry divisions. It can be said that more than half of the combat strength of the squadron is concentrated in the three major military regions of Central Asia, the Far East, and the Northeast. Zhukov's answer was very direct, that is, to put up with Stalin.

"Comrade Zhukov, the General Staff will first draw up a plan aimed at annihilating the squadrons in the Andijan and Fergana regions. Also, let Comrade Chuikov go back to Moscow. Stalin's speech was as slow as ever, and if it weren't for the pockmarks on his face that had become very clear, it would have been hard to see that he was in anger at the moment.

"Comrade Stalin, as Chief of the General Staff, it is my duty to provide you with the best possible projections of military consequences from a military point of view. With the current military strength of our army in the Far East and Central Asia, it will be very difficult for us to win in the event of a war with China. Zhukov held on, and Stalin's cheeks twitched, and after sucking the pipe hard, he said: "Comrade Zhukov, what if I say that this is my order?" ”

"Comrade Stalin, if you think that I am not qualified for the post of Chief of the General Staff, you can let me go below to lead the troops, even if it is a division commander, I will not change my opinion. I still abandon the plan for a military conflict with China. Zhukov was still insisting, Stalin was expressionless for a long time, and the air in the office was solemn.

Stalin's eyes looked around, and no one seemed to mean to speak, and finally his eyes fell on the head of Voroshilov, the People's Commissar of Defense of the Soviet Union, who immediately stood up and said: "I think we should immediately give a resolute counterattack, so that Chinese imperialism can see the strength of the Soviet Red Army, and in addition, we should speed up the development of new fighters, judging from the process of air combat, our fighters are far behind, and this situation must be changed." ”

Marshal Budyonny, the cavalry chief of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, also stood up and said: "Comrade Zhukov's point of view is too conservative, and I do not think that the ground forces of Chinese imperialism can be stronger in combat than the Red Army. In that part of Central Asia, we can increase the strength of cavalry appropriately. Before the onset of winter, take the initiative and cut off the railway from Andijan to Almaty. Concentrate forces to encircle and annihilate the reactionaries in the Andijan and Ferghana regions. ”

"Comrade Zhukov, in that case, you go and take over as commander of Comrade Chuikov's Fourth Army." Stalin made up his mind not only to fight back, but also to let Zhukov do it. Zhukov, who was in this time and space, did not have the credit for fighting with the Japanese, but he was promoted faster and served as the chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army in advance. As a result, Zhukov insisted on one time, and the result was better than insisting on abandoning Kyiv in another time and space, and he could also mix up as a commander of an army group.

"Okay, Comrade Stalin, I'll go back and get ready to take office." Zhukov didn't say anything more and sat back quietly. Stalin's eyes looked around again, and this time no one spoke again.

Beijing, the Ministry of National Defense, the same meeting, the person sitting in the middle was equally calm and silent.

"The bombing operation was successful, and our troops did not lose a single one. But I still stick to my original point of view, and it is definitely not a wise thing to get caught up in war too soon. The best choice for our military is to wait patiently for the outcome of the war in Europe, rather than first challenge the Soviet Union's bottom line of tolerance. As far as the current situation is concerned, our army has actually entered a state of war with the Soviet troops. Jiang Fangzhen's words were also very polite, but Fang Jianxiong's expression was much more relaxed, his eyes were still rolling, no matter how he looked at it, it was the kind of meaning that he didn't listen to.

"Brother Baili, the matter has been done, then don't say anything else, let's prepare for war with the Soviet Union. The General Staff drew up a plan with the intention that in the event of a possible attack by the Soviet army on our troops, our army would concentrate superior forces to launch a counterattack and encircle and annihilate the enemy army. Xu Shuzheng smiled and straightened the crooked building. (To be continued......)